Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Alabama with the lowest surgical site infections (hysterectomy)
13 Alabama hospitals ranked by surgical site infections (hysterectomy) in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Grandview Medical Center, Springhill Medical Center, St Vincent's Birmingham. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)lower is better | Serious complicationslower is better | Central line bloodstream infectionslower is better | Catheter-associated urinary tract infectionslower is better | Surgical site infections (colon)lower is better | MRSA bloodstream infectionslower is better | C. diff infectionslower is better | Compare |
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| National average | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| T1 | Grandview Medical Center | 0.00, 89th percentile | 0.86, 83rd percentile | 0.20, 73rd percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | 0.67, 53rd percentile | 0.36, 70th percentile | 0.23, 57th percentile | Compare Grandview Medical Center |
| T1 | Springhill Medical Center | 0.00, 89th percentile | 0.97, 46th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.37, 53rd percentile | 0.80, 44th percentile | 0.76, 36th percentile | 0.34, 42nd percentile | Compare Springhill Medical Center |
| T1 | St Vincent's Birmingham | 0.00, 89th percentile | 0.74, 97th percentile | 1.33, 8th percentile | 0.42, 48th percentile | 0.64, 55th percentile | 0.56, 54th percentile | 0.31, 46th percentile | Compare St Vincent's Birmingham |
| T1 | North Alabama Medical Center | 0.00, 89th percentile | 1.14, 15th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.22, 66th percentile | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.43, 65th percentile | 0.03, 80th percentile | Compare North Alabama Medical Center |
| 5 | DCH Regional Medical Center | 0.30, 77th percentile | 0.94, 59th percentile | 1.03, 14th percentile | 0.18, 69th percentile | 1.36, 18th percentile | 0.58, 52nd percentile | 0.64, 16th percentile | Compare DCH Regional Medical Center |
| 6 | Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital | 0.39, 75th percentile | 0.95, 55th percentile | 0.74, 29th percentile | 1.08, 10th percentile | 0.63, 56th percentile | 0.42, 66th percentile | 0.51, 24th percentile | Compare Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital |
| 7 | Crestwood Medical Center | 0.41, 74th percentile | 0.94, 59th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | 0.36, 72nd percentile | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.17, 66th percentile | Compare Crestwood Medical Center |
| 8 | Huntsville Hospital | 0.44, 73rd percentile | 1.73, 1st percentile | 0.93, 19th percentile | 0.80, 20th percentile | 0.66, 54th percentile | 1.12, 17th percentile | 0.27, 51st percentile | Compare Huntsville Hospital |
| 9 | Baptist Medical Center East | 0.55, 69th percentile | 1.18, 12th percentile | 1.10, 12th percentile | 0.95, 13th percentile | 0.19, 79th percentile | 0.90, 27th percentile | 0.42, 31st percentile | Compare Baptist Medical Center East |
| 10 | Flowers Hospital | 0.84, 48th percentile | 0.60, 100th percentile | 0.28, 68th percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.13, 71st percentile | Compare Flowers Hospital |
| 11 | University Of Alabama Hospital | 1.64, 23rd percentile | 1.16, 13th percentile | 0.71, 31st percentile | 0.52, 38th percentile | 0.72, 50th percentile | 0.91, 26th percentile | 0.40, 33rd percentile | Compare University Of Alabama Hospital |
| 12 | The East Alabama Healthcare Authority | 1.75, 19th percentile | 0.99, 37th percentile | 0.39, 59th percentile | 0.33, 57th percentile | 1.30, 20th percentile | 0.54, 56th percentile | 0.71, 12th percentile | Compare The East Alabama Healthcare Authority |
| 13 | Mobile Infirmary Medical Center | 2.27, 10th percentile | 1.17, 12th percentile | 0.36, 61st percentile | 0.34, 56th percentile | 1.42, 16th percentile | 0.36, 70th percentile | 0.72, 12th percentile | Compare Mobile Infirmary Medical Center |
About these rankings
Rankings use the 2026 release of CMS Care Compare data. Hospitals share a rank (“T”) when their values are equal, and only hospitals with a reported value for the sorted measure are ranked. Shading compares each value with every hospital in the country, so it doesn’t change with your filters. Small differences are often not statistically meaningful; use the methodology and glossary for context.
- Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)
- Surgical site infections from abdominal hysterectomy (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Serious complications
- Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
- Central line bloodstream infections
- Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Surgical site infections (colon)
- Surgical site infections from colon surgery (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- MRSA bloodstream infections
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood laboratory-identified events (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- C. diff infections
- Clostridium difficile (C. diff) intestinal infections (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).